Esmari van Reenen

Esmari van Reenen
Personal information
Nationality  South Africa
Born (1981-09-28) 28 September 1981
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) 10 m air rifle (AR40)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)

Esmari van Reenen (born September 28, 1981) is a South African sport shooter.[1] She won the silver medal for the rifle three positions at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, losing out by seven tenths of a point (0.7) to India's Anuja Jung.[2][3] Van Reenen received a qualifying place for the Olympics by capturing the gold in the same category at the 2007 ISSF African Shooting Championships in Cairo, Egypt.[4] She also achieved a best result in the international stage by finishing fifth at the 2008 ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, with a score of 673.3 points.[5]

Van Reenen became one of the first female sport shooters to represent South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[6] She competed in the women's 50 m rifle 3 positions, where she was able to shoot 198 targets in a prone position, 183 in standing, and 197 in kneeling, for a total score of 578 points, finishing only in sixteenth place.[7]

References

  1. "Esmari van Reenen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  2. McCallum, Kevin (23 March 2006). "Golden duo boost SA's Games success". IOL Sport. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. Staff (23 March 2006). "Pretoria shooter wins SA's seventh Games gold medal". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  4. "Summer destination medal". Al-Ahram Weekly. 15–21 March 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  5. "Shooting: Morgan Hicks Claims Gold at World Cup Rio". Team USA. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  6. "Shooters’ Steady Bead on Beijing Medal". GSport. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  7. "Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

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